Photo: Food Network and The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Atlanta to Test Cooking Classes this Fall

Photo: Food Network and The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Atlanta to Test Cooking Classes this Fall

ATLANTA, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Atlanta and Food Network announced today they will test a new series of cooking classes in Atlanta beginning October 11. The recreational classes and cuisine workshops will be open to the greater Atlanta community and will feature themes including "How To Boil Water," "Oktoberfest," and "Halloween."

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"We are very excited to test our first Food Network cooking classes with a trusted partner like The Art Institute," said Sergei Kuharsky, General Manager, Scripps Enterprises, parent company for Food Network. "Food Network is all about making cooking fun and accessible to everyone, and we know our Atlanta fans will have a great time experiencing the network in a brand new way."

The hands-on classes are geared toward cooks of all experience levels, offering tips and techniques from Food Network's behind-the-scenes team of experts, the Food Network Kitchens. Developed in conjunction with The Art Institute, participants will learn what the pros know and cook in a fun, approachable way. Other classes will cover tailgating, healthy dinners, quick breads, an easy Italian dinner party, a Latin fiesta, traditional Southern cooking, and more. The classes are part of a larger partnership between the network and the culinary school, as they have partnered before on The Art Institutes Best Teen Chef competition and most recently on Food Network's new mini-series, The Chef Jeff Project.

"It's an honor for The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Atlanta to host the first hands-on Food Network Cooking Classes through our community education department. These new classes offer the community an exciting way to experience Food Network while enjoying the use of our professional kitchens and expert instruction from chef instructors and alumni of our culinary arts degree programs," commented President Janet S. Day of The Art Institute of Atlanta.

The Food Network products used in these classes will be provided by Kohl's Department Stores. To shop the complete assortment of Food Network-branded kitchen products visit your local Kohl's or Kohls.com/FoodNetwork.

The classes will be held from 10 am to 2 pm on Saturdays at The Art Institute of Atlanta for $119 per class per person. For more information or to request a reservation, go to www.foodnetworkclasses.com.

About Food Network

FOOD NETWORK (www.foodnetwork.com) is a unique lifestyle network and Web site that strives to be way more than cooking. The network is committed to exploring new and different ways to approach food - through pop culture, competition, adventure, and travel - while also expanding its repertoire of technique-based information. Food Network is distributed to more than 96 million U.S. households and averages more than seven million Web site users monthly. With headquarters in New York City and offices in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit and Knoxville, Food Network can be seen internationally in Canada, Australia, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines, Monaco, Andorra, Africa, France, and the French-speaking territories in the Caribbean and Polynesia. Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE:SNI) , which also owns and operates HGTV (www.hgtv.com), DIY Network (www.diynetwork.com), Great American Country (www.gactv.com) and FINE LIVING (www.fineliving.com), is the manager and general partner.

About The Art Institute of Atlanta

THE ART INSTITUTE OF ATLANTA (www.artinstitutes.edu/atlanta) is one of The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), a system of more than 40 educational institutions located throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion, and culinary arts professionals. The Art Institute of Atlanta has one satellite campus, The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur, and three branch campuses: The Art Institute of Charleston (SC), The Art Institute of Tennessee-Nashville, and The Art Institute of Washington (Arlington, VA). The Art Institute has a tradition of quality, career-focused education. Founded in 1949 as Massey Business College, the college became The Art Institute of Atlanta in 1975 and is proud of its nearly sixty-year legacy of education for career success.

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Source: The Art Institute of Atlanta

CONTACT: Elizabeth Wilson, +1-770-689-4832, ewilson@aii.edu; or Kim
Resnik, +1-770-689-4892, kresnik@aii.edu, both of The Art Institute of
Atlanta; or Carrie Welch of Food Network, +1-212-401-2420,
cwelch@foodnetwork.com

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